"rub out" meaning in English

See rub out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: rubs out [present, singular, third-person], rubbing out [participle, present], rubbed out [participle, past], rubbed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rub out (third-person singular simple present rubs out, present participle rubbing out, simple past and past participle rubbed out)
  1. (transitive) To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing, especially with a rubber (eraser). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Murder Translations (delete or erase by rubbing): uitvagen (Dutch), wegvagen (Dutch), wegvegen (Dutch), pyyhkiä (Finnish), kumittaa (Finnish), effacer (French), ausradieren (German), wegwischen (German), σβήνω (svíno) (Greek), efacar (Ido), മായ്ക്കുക (māykkuka) (Malayalam)
    Sense id: en-rub_out-en-verb-eh0gz5oW Disambiguation of Murder: 39 7 45 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Malayalam translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 11 11 19 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 53 12 12 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 17 17 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 14 14 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 12 12 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 51 16 16 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 59 12 12 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 55 15 15 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 59 12 12 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 56 12 12 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 65 11 11 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 61 12 12 15 Disambiguation of 'delete or erase by rubbing': 91 0 0 9
  2. (obsolete) To get by; to live. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-rub_out-en-verb-sARKoVmT
  3. (transitive, criminal slang) To kill, especially to murder. Tags: slang, transitive Categories (topical): Crime, Murder Synonyms: kill Translations (kill): σβήνω (svíno) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-rub_out-en-verb-XZxljica Disambiguation of Murder: 39 7 45 10 Disambiguation of 'kill': 0 0 100 0
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rub, out. Derived forms: rub one out, rubout [noun]
    Sense id: en-rub_out-en-verb-YiE-udWj

Inflected forms

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